The room is starting to come together!

We have been working hard to bring the room together - one can't believe how hard it is to decide where to place a crib! I was very excited about a project I did for her room where I painted an old chest of drawers. Thanks to our friend Kathy who gave us this design tip, we now have lilac and white striped drawers.

Our friend Ellen made us the beautiful curtains for the room and with the extra fabric she made us a divine little quilt - her talent never ceases to amaze me. She and her husband are our same LID date with the same agency and so we plan to all be going to bring our girls home together. Their daughter's room has beautiful quilted carousel horses everywhere! The zebra, giraffe and elephant swag hanging above the curtains is very special. We gave this to our long time friends Marty & Laurie when their son Connor was going to be born. Connor is going to be eight this year! Marty & Laurie then had Aidan who is now five and he has just decided that he wants a big boy room and so Laurie passed the swag back to us - a very sentimental touch to have come around full circle.

We can't control ourselves when it comes to books so her bookshelves are filling up rapidly. Since we both love to be in Africa and seeing wildlife is one of our favorite things to do, we decided to mostly do her room with african animals as well as some pictures of non-african animals. Hopefully, this will rub off on her and she'll be a fan of wildlife too. I know that her daddy intends to take her to the zoo a whole lot.